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is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,555 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Baxter is located just north of the geographical center of Minnesota, in a terminal moraine area created by the Superior Lobe of the Labradorian ice sheet. The city is home to numerous lakes and ponds.
Baxter is bordered on the west by Cass County and on the east by Brainerd. The Mississippi River marks the current southern border but expansion both north and south is possible.
Along with the rest of Crow Wing County and parts of the adjoining counties, Baxter is part of the so-called Brainerd Lakes Area. Many residents of Baxter work in Brainerd or consider themselves Brainerd residents.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.7 square miles (50.9 km²), of which, 17.3 square miles (44.9 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.1 km²) of it (11.95%) is water.